Faculty and Staff Notes

Associate Professor of Sociology Greggor Mattson published a journal article on his research on small-city gay bars in City & Community, a journal of the American Sociological Association. This research, on which several Oberlin undergraduate research assistants worked, is the first description of the qualities of gay bars outside large-city gay neighborhoods. The paper explores the similarities of 55 lone small‐city gay bars to each other and the challenges they pose to the sexualities and urban literatures.

Professor of Mathematics Jim Walsh authored "A Discontinuous ODE Model of the Glacial Cycles with Diffusive Heat Transport," with E. Widiasih. The featured paper appeared as the cover story in the open access journal Mathematics. The paper concerns a mathematical model of the glacial cycles and, in particular, considers competing climate feedbacks that determine the extent of the ice sheet throughout the glacial-interglacial cycles.

Sebastiaan Faber, professor of Hispanic studies, was interviewed in a segment on the Real News Network about the impact of COVID-19 on the Spanish public healthcare system.  

Meredith M. Gadsby joins the board of the Fund for Our Economic Future (FFOEF) as a Civic Member. FFOEF is a funding alliance made up of more than 40 organizations and individuals dedicated to advancing economic growth with equitable access to opportunity for the people of Northeast Ohio.

Chanda Feldman, assistant professor of creative writing, published the poem "To the Old Square," in the 2020 anthology, Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry, from Northwestern University Press.

Associate Professor of Politics Kristina Mani was one of seven women scholars interviewed in a piece about gender equality in the field of International Relations.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Christie Parris gave an invited talk on February 27, 2020, at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Preconference on Sustainability. The talk outlined her ongoing research regarding environmental concerns among U.S. residents who identify as Black and/or African American.

Economics Professor Barbara Craig was invited to participate at the Women in Economics Symposium at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on February 27, 2020. Professor Craig was part of the panel, "The Road to a PhD" with Margaret Jacobson '11 and others.

Assistant Professor of Economics Evan Kresch published "Political Determinates of Investment in Water and Sanitation: Evidence from Brazilian Elections" in the Journal of Economics Letters. 

Associate Professor of Physics Jason Stalnaker coauthored a publication that appeared in the journal Physics of the Dark Universe. The paper describes an analysis method for detecting dark matter using a network of optical magnetometers. Oberlin student P. Claire Segura ’20 is also a coauthor on the paper.